Game-board.



O. C. GILBERT.

GAME BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 10, 1915.

mmwm Patented Mar.27,1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

O. C. GILBERT.

GAME BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 10. 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

.uu isbm z Patented Mar. 27,1917.

ears 0. manner, or states, non'rn nano'ra. eann-Boann.

Sarles, in the county of Cavalier and State.

of North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Game-Boards;

and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same.

The primary object ofthis invention is to improve that type of ame board whlch employs a rotating disk aving a series of characters thereon, said disks being adapted to be stopped at different characters asindicated, by providin a board which can be manufactured cheap y, will be durable, expeditiously assembled, and which can be conveniently rotated and when stopped Wlll have the character at which the indicator points, concealed from view and adapted to be exposed only by the operator of the board.

A further object of the invention 1s to provide a game board of the type above mentioned, which will admit of the substitution of different characters, so that a large number of difierent games can be played thereon.

Other objects will appear and be better understood from that embodiment of m invention of which the following is a speci cation, reference being-had to the accompanying drawings forming a part thereof, in

which Figure 1 is a top plan view of the game board,

Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a plan view of one ofthe disks removed from the board Fig. 4 is a manipulating handle adapted to provide means by which the disks can be rotated,

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a shield adapted to conceal the number or character at which the disk is stopped, and

Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view through the shield shown in Fig.1 5.

Referring to the drawings, t e letter A designates the game board as an entirety, and which board includes a rectangular shaped base 1, havin super osed thereon a rectangular piece or ayer 0 wood 2. The layer 2 has formed therein a circular cut- Speoiflcatlon o Letters lPat-ent. Pmbgntlgqjj Mar, 2% 19a Application filed August 10, 1915. Serial No. M37 1.

out portion 3 which opens into the upper and lower surfaces of the top layer 2 and is located at a point intermediate the opposite ends .of the layer 2, and the base 1 has formed therein an opening 4, which has a diameter considerably less than the diameter of the circular cut-out portion 3 and is arranged concentrically thereof.

Rotatably mounted within the circular cut-out portion 3 is a disk 5. This disk 5 has a central rectangular shaped openmg 6 therein, which is arranged in alinement with the opening 4 in the base 1. A mani ulating handle, comprising a finger r1 and a stem 8, is associated with the is c 5 and has the said'stem extending into the openings 4 and 6, as'shown in Fig. 2, and the said stem has that portion Whichis arranged within the opening 6 squared, as shown at 9, so as to accommodate the configuration of the opening 6 and to lock the stem to the disk, so that the disk can be given rotation by means of the manipulating handle, the lower end of the stem bein rounded and adapted to be loosely received by the circular opening 4 in the base 1,.

which opening is adapted to provide a bearing for the said stem.

he disk 5 and the base 1 have interposed therebetween, a plurality of ball bearings 10, which bearings are arranged in suitable races formed respectively in the under surface of the disk 5 and the upper side of the base 1, and the said bearin s serve to permit of' the free rotation of t e disk and prevent wabbling of the disk during. the operation of the latter.

The upper side of the disk .5 has mounted thereon, a circumferential series of vertically projecting pins 11, the said pins being arranged in spaced relation, as is shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. Mounted upon the upper surface of the top layer 2, and at a pont intermediate its ends and adjacent to one of its longitudinal edges, is a flexible indicating arm 12. One end of this indicating arm .12 is looped to provide an eye 13, through which eye 13, extends the fastening pin 14, the'lower end of the fastening pin bein embedded in the top la er 2, so as to hol the arm in position. 'li he opposite end of the flexible arm projects a.

slight distance on to the disk 5, and lies within the dpath of rotation of the vertical pins 11, an is adapted to be engaged thereby during the rotation of the disks, the said:

- each disk are different from the characters appearing on the other disks, so that when 1 y it is desired to play a certain: game, a card-, board disk carrying the characters suitable for the particular game, will be mounted on the disk 5 for instance, if it should be desired to play a game, which only requires .the use of numerals, the disk having only the numerals thereon will be. mounted on the disk '5, as shown in Fig. 1, and if it I 'shouldbe desired to play a game; for in shown in Fig. 3 would be substituted for the .one having only the numerals thereon, as

shown in Fig. 1. Each of these disks has a central squared opening therein, which is adapted to receive the squared portion 9 on the stem 8, and the said disks are adapted to be so positioned on the disk 5, that the characters will register with the spaces between the pins 11, as shown in Fig. 1, so that when the disk 5 comes to rest,,after being rotated, one of the characters will be designated by the indicator 12, so as to give the person who rotated the disk, a certain standing in the game, which is being played.

The top-piece or layer 2 is provided with a marginal frame, which is vformed of the longitudinal strips 1717, and the opposite end pieces 18-18. A substantially rectangular shaped shield 19 is mounted on the top layer 2 at a point above the indicating arm 12, and has a portion extending across and covering a portion of the rotary disk 5, asshown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawin The shield 19 has formed therein a sig t opening 20, which opening 20' is shown in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings, and is locatedvabove the path of rotation of the characters on the card-board disks 15. A swinging shutter, designated 21, is-pivoted as at 22, to the shield 19, and is adapted to he slid over the opening 20, during the rotation-of the disk 5, so that when the disk 5 comes to rest, the character which is designated by the arm 12, will be concealed fromfviewand will not be exposed until the operator moves the shutter 21 to open position, thereby allowing the character at which the indicating arm points, to

be viewed through the sight opening 20.

will be produced, and one upon which a.

large number of different games can be played Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

A game of the class described comprising a rectangular base having an enlarged cirst'ance, the game of base ball, the disksvided with an annular groove rotatably mounted in the recess and the groove of the disk alining with the groove in the bottom wall of the recess, said disk provided with a squared opening centrally thereof, registering with the central opening of the recess in the base, a plurality of ball bearings arranged in the annular grooves of the recess and face to permit the disk to freely rotate therein, an operating handle associated with the disk including a stem provided with an upper squared portion and a lower cylindrical portion, the squared portion of the stem being fitted in the squared opening of the disk, and the cylindrical portion journaled in the opening in the recess thus upon the rotating of the handle, the disk will be rotated in the recess of the base, said hearing preventing the binding of the disk in pins, and for the purpose specified.

1 n testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.v

OTIS C. GILBERT.

Witnesses:

S. M. MOWRY, O. P. GAYMoN. 

